Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
DEL MONTE.
WORK OF REBUILDING THIS
FAMOUS HOTEL.
Description OF the New Structure
with improvements Intro
duced-Its Management
IS. 2. Bulletin. October 2lst.l

pletion. When the hotel was burned it was
regarded almost as al international calam-
ity, and expressions of regret came from
far away. All its friends everywhere will
now be pleased TO learn of its resurrection
and the probability of its opening for pa
irons before very long. 1t was hoped to
have house-warming and reception in the
new building on Thanksgiving Day, and a
grand jollification was arranged for, but I'M
foreseen delays. the chief of which is the
scarcity of mechanics, will prevent the full
fillment of the plan. Manager George
Schoenewald feels disappointed at the de.
lays. He has been on the ground daily d.
recting and pushing the work -Four hun
dred mechanics are busy every day of the
week, but in spite of the telling efforts OF
such force ii will, in Mr.. Schoenewald's
judgment, be near New Years day before
even the main building will be in condition
Tor the opening reception as planned. The
size of the building is such that the work OF
the army Of mechanics makes little appar-
ent change from day TO day. a representa-
tive OF this journal recently went over this
new structure and about the grounds, not
ing many points OF interest relative to the
progress and results of the work
REPRODUCTION or THE OLD.
At Senator Stanford's suggestion new Del
Monte will, in appearance. be Just like the
old. The exterior of the old main building
was copied, but changes for the better have
been made in interior arrangement and in
other WAYS. Arthur Brown, of the South
ern Pacific, is the architect. The main
structure, three stories in hight, faces east,
as did the old building 1t is about three
hundred feet long, and from its ends ex-
tend back two annex buildings larger than
the main building. In the center, opposite
the main entrance, running back into the
court, are the dining-room and kitchen
buildings, so that in rough outline The
ground plan of the great hotel is much like
gothic E. In the main building are par
Tors, offices and bedrooms. A wide corri-
dor extends the length of the building.
Everything inside is white-pure white
and this will be 50 throughout The walls
are white as extra coats of white finish can
make them, and all the woodwork has four
coats of lead, devoid of luster. The effect
is an impression of both conlness and
neatness. A squad of whittier obeI Chinese
will have nothing else 10 do, when the hotel
Is running but to keep in pristine purity
the woodwork and window panes. The
hotel, in annexes and all, will have, accord
ing to the plans, $40 rooms, ofthese 402 will
be bedrooms, and parlors, reception and
dinlng-rooln will comprise the rest. Every
two bedrooms will have a bathroom be-
tween them. In the annex buildings,
which will contain many more bedrooms
than the main building, all the rooms will
have connecting doors, so that the full
length may be passed without going once
into the hallway.
PoRCHEs AND ELEVATORS.
There is to be the same liberal expanse
OF porches as in the old building. These
comfortable promenading retreats and COW
hooks for tender looks could not well be
dispensed with. They are an established
feature IN all well regulated summer hotels.
To the piazza and the kitchen all other feat
ures of the modern summer resorts are SUBJ
ordinate.
There will be only one elevator for the
entire hotel, but quite an original method
of ascent has been devised. 1t was Dos
sible only by reason of the peculiar locati On
OF the hotel on a slope. By reason of the
slope the second stories of the annexed
buildings at both ends of the main build
ing will not be great hight above the first
story of the main building Advantage is
taken of this in the long curving corridors
about 100 feet long that extend outward
from the main building at either end aud
connect with the annexes. These corridors
are made double with two inclined floors
one a slight ascent, so that person NAV
walk without perceptible effort from the
first story of the main building to the
second of the annex; the other slight
descent, that person may easily walk to
the first story OF the snneXes from the first
story OF the main building. In the upper
halls the same scheme is carried out so
that the ascent or descent from story to
story of the main building to the apnexes
is accomplished without the aid of stairs,
although those misunderstanding institu-
tons are retained for necessary uses.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
These connecting corridors are presum.
ably fire-proof. They are built of brick and
iron and the floors and walls are filled in
with plaster. The idea is to save apy nos
sible repetition of the fire spreading as il
did in the recent disaster from the main
building to the annexes. These corridor
roofs will be of iron. that fire from sparks
on shingles may never be feared Other
precautions against fire are also apparent
IN the hotel arrangement. There are TWO
currents OF electricity to every room. One
from the main Office 70 the ROOM the other
returning from room to Office The former
rings bell in the room. 1t is for use to
call early risers. but also for use as a fire.
alarm A single turn of a lever in the
main office will set each bell in every room
IN the whole hotel ringing with alarming
Vlsor without cessation. This, ii will be
understood, will be tie realarm, and. bv
thls means, every room may be emptied of
occupants in less than five minutes
The old hotel was thought TO have ample
water supply for all eXigencies, but the
new building will have a greater one.
Along the road from Monterey long ditch
IS at present noticeable, following the road
nearly all the distance TO Ell Carmelo. at
Pacific Grove. This DITCH is for a new
water main from the large reservoir over in
the hills south of Monterey, and about four
miles from Del Monte. The main will be
twelve inches in diameter-a third larger
than the old one, which is still retained for
general supply purposes. The reservoir
has capacity of 100000 gallons, and
the way the pipe is arranged the force will
be such that the highest point in the great
building can easily be flooded by stream.
The large main, which will be for fire and
irrigation purposes exclusively, will run
entirely around the hotel, and there will be
hre-piugs at regular distances. The main
VIII have no connection whatever with the
motel supply. The large pipe will always
be filled, and there will be no yav TO shut
OF the water except at the reservoir.
KITCHEN AND DIHING-RooM.
The two annex wings will be 36O feet
long and about so feet wide They will be
like the main building in general fittings.
They will have five stories, the two top
most stories being lighted by double row
OF dormer windows in the roof Altogether,
u is estimated that the new hotel will &C
commodate about three times as many
guests as the old. Manager Schoenewald
says he will be able to accommodate 500
guests alta pinch, but between 600 and 700
easily.
The dining-room will be over twice the
SIZE OF the old one. It being Just back of
the main entrance of the hotel. a person
may get glimpse of it as he passes up the
main stairway by CHANGING through half
glass partition. II is sixty feet wide and
l62 feet long. 1t is spacious, light and airy.
Back of it is the kitchen and its adiuncts
The kitchen is to be feature of the estab.
iishment. M. Schoenewald is paving ner-
sonal attention to this department. He has
already bought every culinary appliance
he has ever heard of which he thinks worth
getting, and future purchases in that line
are only limited by the resources of the
Pacific Improvement Companys treasury